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Stanley County, South Dakota

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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13historic places

—earliest paper

1873formed

2,980pop. 2020

7cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 13 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Fort Pierre, Ft. Pierre, Fort Pierre.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for South Dakota is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Stanley titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 13 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

13 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
American Legion Community Hall	Fort Pierre	Building	2017
Antelope Creek Site (39ST55)	Fort Pierre	Site	1986
Bloody Hand Site (39ST230)	Fort Pierre	Site	1986
Breeden Village	Fort Pierre	Site	2003
Carr, Jefferson Davis, House	Fort Pierre	Building	1982
Fort Pierre Chouteau Site NHL	Fort Pierre	Site	1976
Ft. Pierre II (39ST217)	Ft. Pierre	Site	1988
La Verendrye Site NHL	Fort Pierre	Site	1974
Lower Antelope Creek Site	Fort Pierre	Site	1982
Old Fort Pierre School	Fort Pierre	Building	1977
Stockgrowers Bank Building	Fort Pierre	Building	1977
Sumner, Gaylord, House	Fort Pierre	Building	1977
United Church of Christ, Congregational	Fort Pierre	Building	1977

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Stanley was formed in 1873 (1873-01-08) from unknown / original county.

STANLEY created by Dakota Territory in present South Dakota from Non-County Area 1.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Stanley County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
793	1,341	2,908	1,959	2,055	4,085	2,533	2,772	2,980

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

7 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 7 of 7 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Cedar Hill Cemetery	44.33534	-100.39725
Fort George Catholic Church Cemetery	44.25022	-99.95432
Holy Name Chapel Cemetery	44.26943	-100.0357
Mathews Family Cemetery	44.18308	-100.56058
Mission Ridge Cemetery	44.69609	-100.77208
Sansarc Cemetery	44.51525	-101.03458
Scotty Philip Cemetery	44.40163	-100.40335

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Bunker	44.2386	-101.10181
Pheba	44.2112	-101.1062

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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